, 2h6 Directed byHirokazu Kore-eda OriginJapon GenresDrama, Comedy ThemesSeafaring films, Transport films ActorsHaruka Ayase, Masami Nagasawa, Kaho, Suzu Hirose, Shinichi Tsutsumi, Ryō Kase Roles Sachiko Ninomiya Rating75% Le film raconte l'histoire de trois sœurs d'une vingtaine d'années qui vivent ensemble à Kamakura et qui, après la mort de leur père, décident de renoncer à son héritage mais de recueillir leur demi-sœur âgée de 14 ans pour vivre avec elle dans la maison familiale. Le film étudie les relations qui se créent entre les trois soeurs ainées et la "petite soeur".
, 2h2 Directed byAkihiko Shiota GenresDrama, Romance ActorsKeiko Kitagawa, Nishikido Ryo, Yusuke Kamiji, Takumi Saito, Aya Hirayama, Eriko Sato Roles Tsukasa Yamamoto's mom Rating66% Tsukasa est une jeune fille dont la vie a été chamboulée suite à un accident de voiture qui l'a laissée paralysée. Elle souffre toujours de ses blessures mais essaye de vivre sa vie à fond et de profiter de chaque instant.
Masaki vit une vie normale partagée entre son travail en tant que chauffeur de taxi, le basket et ses sorties avec ses amis. C'est alors qu'il rencontre Tsukasa dont la force de caractère et la nature enjouée et dynamique l'impressionnent. Les deux jeunes gens tombent rapidement amoureux l'un de l'autre.
Mais comment faire comprendre à leur famille respective que le handicap de Tsukasa n'est pas un frein à leur avenir en tant que couple ?
, 2h1 Directed byHirokazu Kore-eda OriginJapon GenresDrama ThemesFilms about children, Films about families ActorsMasaharu Fukuyama, Yōko Maki, Jun Kunimura, Kirin Kiki, Machiko Ono, Isao Natsuyagi Roles 野野宫 信子 Rating77% Ryota Nonomiya is a successful businessman who is focused so much on work that he neglects his wife, Midori, and son, Keita. Upon his return home one day, Midori tells him that the hospital where Keita was born needs to speak to them urgently, and Ryota senses trouble. After arriving at the hospital, the couple learns that their biological son Ryusei was accidentally switched with Keita after birth, and after DNA tests prove the error, they must now make a life-changing decision to either keep Keita, the boy they raised as their own son, or switch him for their true son.
, 2h9 Directed byHiroshi Nishitani GenresDrama, Crime ActorsMasaharu Fukuyama, Yuriko Yoshitaka, Kazuki Kitamura, Anne Watanabe, Jun Fubuki, Hakuryu Roles Setsuko Kawabata Rating65% Masaharu Fukuyama reprend le rôle qu'il avait joué dans "Suspect X" en 2008, en interprétant le physicien-détective Manabu Yukawa. Le scientifique et enquêteur arrive dans une ville côtière pour participer à une conférence. Mais lorsqu'un homme est retrouvé mort à l'extérieur de l'auberge où il loge, Yukawa commence à démêler les liens qui unissent la victime à la fille activiste des aubergistes et à un garçon précoce qui apparaît pour la première fois dans un train et qui ne cesse de réapparaître. Il s'agit d'un mystère à la Sherlock Holmes avec une touche environnementale, qui devrait plaire aux amateurs de romans policiers classiques.
, 2h24 Directed byTakashi Yamazaki OriginJapon GenresDrama, War, Action ThemesTransport films, Aviation films ActorsJunichi Okada, Min Tanaka, Haruma Miura, Mao Inoue, Jun Fubuki, Isao Natsuyagi Roles Sayako Rating72% In 2004, twenty-six-year-old Kentaro Oishi is repeatedly failing the national bar examination and is uncertain about his future. One day, after the funeral of his grandmother, Matsuno, he is startled to learn from his mother and older sister Keiko that his maternal grandfather Kenichiro was not his blood-relation. Keiko and Kentaro start hearing stories about their real grandfather, Kyuzo Miyabe and visit many of his former comrades all of whom begin by criticize his "timidity" in battle. Kentaro finally learns the reason why Miyabe became a Kamikaze pilot during the conversation with an old comrade of his grandfather called Izaki, who is in hospital dying of cancer. Izaki talks about his relationship with their grandfather to Keiko and Kentaro, claiming that only the "timid" Miyabe gave him the hope to save his own life after he was shot down over the ocean.
, 1h31 Directed byGorō Miyazaki OriginJapon GenresDrama, Animation, Romance ThemesFeminist films, Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films, Children's films ActorsMasami Nagasawa, Junichi Okada, Yuriko Ishida, Keiko Takeshita, Jun Fubuki, Rumi Hiiragi Roles Ryoko Matsuzaki (voice) Rating74% Umi Matsuzaki is a 16-year-old student at Isogo High School living in Coquelicot Manor, a boarding house overlooking the Port of Yokohama in Japan. Her mother Ryoko is a medical professor studying abroad in the United States. Umi runs the house and looks after her younger siblings Sora and Riku and her grandmother, Hana. College student Sachiko Hirokouji and doctor-in-training Miki Hokuto also live there. Each morning, Umi raises a set of signal flags with the message "I pray for safe voyages".
, 2h27 Directed byIzuru Narushima GenresDrama, Documentary, Crime ActorsHiromi Nagasaku, Mao Inoue, Rei Dan, Miwako Ichikawa, Eiko Koike, Tetsushi Tanaka Roles Masae Sawada Rating71% A woman named Kiwako (Hiromi Nagasaku) abducts a baby from a man with whom she has had an affair. For four years Kiwako has raised the child as her own until she gets arrested. The child named Erina is then returned to her birth parents, but she can't find peace. As an adult, Erina (Mao Inoue) also has affairs with a married man and gets pregnant. To confront her past, Erina goes to Shodoshima where she has lived with Kiwako as a child. There Erina discovers a shocking truth and makes a decision.
, 1h54 Directed bySabu, Sabu GenresDrama, Comedy ActorsKenichi Matsuyama, Karina, Mana Ashida, Mirei Kiritani, Go Ayano, Ryo Kimura Roles Yoshie Kawachi Rating72% The film is about Daikichi, an unmarried office worker with no girlfriend, who ends up living with the six-year-old illegitimate child of his dead grandfather. This girl is called Rin, and Daikichi suddenly declares that he will raise her himself while his relatives discuss arrangements to put her in a foster home.
, 2h13 OriginJapon GenresDrama, Science fiction, Social science fiction ThemesDystopian films ActorsShota Matsuda, Riko Narumi, Takashi Tsukamoto, Takayuki Yamada, Akira Emoto, Sano Kazuma Roles Kazuko Takizawa Rating69% Ikigami takes place in a dystopian society where the government has implemented the "Prosperity Law". This law dictates 1 in 1000 random citizens ages 18~24 will die for the state in a mandatory lottery. Death occurs at a preset date and time, which is when an injected nano-capsule, received at an early age, explodes. The law is meant to create appreciation for life by instilling fear in order make people live the best possible lives.
, 1h58 Directed byYukihiko Tsutsumi GenresDrama, Comedy ActorsYūya Yagira, Satomi Ishihara, Kei Tanaka, Jun Fubuki, Chiaki Satō, Motoki Ochiai Roles Tempo's Mother Rating63% After Wara's father leaves, her mom falls into depression and drinking; her brother doesn't seem to care anymore, and Wara herself (a high school student) drifts without much interest in life. One day, after a minor accident, she meets a boy on the roof of the hospital. He asks whether she's going to kill herself by jumping off. He picks up her fallen bandage and ties it around the fence, declaring that he has bandaged her heart by doing so. Dino admits that if Wara had n't been there, he probably would have jumped off himself.
, 1h58 Directed byKiyoshi Kurosawa OriginJapon GenresDrama, Horror ActorsKōji Yakusho, Jun Fubuki, Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, Hikari Ishida, Ittoku Kishibe, Kitaro (喜多郎 ) Roles Junko Sato Rating67% Koji Sato (Koji Yakusho) is a mild-mannered sound technician who is married to Junko (Jun Fubuki), a waitress who possesses powerful psychic abilities. Though these abilities allow her to see and communicate with spirits, they interfere in her day-to-day life and make it difficult for her to hold down a normal job. She hopes to build a business around her psychic powers, but faces a daunting task of proving her abilities to a skeptical world. When Hayakawa (Tsuyoshi Kusanagi), a young graduate student in psychology, invites her into a study of the paranormal, she leaps at the ability to demonstrate her skill as a medium.